Mikhail Gorbachev

question 18

Multiple Choice

Mikhail Gorbachev

• A)was the well-placed son of the head of the state oil-refining corporation.
• B)was picked for political leadership because of his record as a KGB data interpreter.
• C)had moved up rapidly since his appointment to the Party Central Committee in 1978.
• D)had spent many years in the gulag.
• E)had supported Mao Zedong against Nikita Khrushchev.

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